Nebula Professional Development Academy
Categories
Tech: Software Minority Founded + Led Tech Members with NC HQ Business + Professional Services Education + Workforce Development
About
Nebula Professional Development Academy is a North Carolina–based AI and workforce development company that helps organizations and the people inside them build the skills, confidence, and resilience to work alongside AI, and we do that through our Certified AI Project Strategist (CAPS™) certification, our Resilience Readiness Index (RRI™) and AI Readiness (AIR™) assessments, hands-on AI training for leaders and teams, and Stellar-OS™, our AI Learning Operating System offered in the Microsoft Marketplace as a fully integrated Azure service. As a Microsoft Global Training Partner and ISV, we work with public sector agencies, small and midsize businesses, and enterprise organizations to turn AI strategy into real capability on the ground, and because we believe resilience is a muscle, our work is tied to our nonprofit partner We Connect The Dots, Inc., which helps fund training, coaching, and support so people in need can build sustainable lives for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Additional Info
Stellar-OS™ AI Learning Operating System: AI-native and available in the Microsoft Marketplace as a fully integrated Azure service. It handles courses, certification exams, assessments and reporting in one place, and AI CERTs courses and exams already run inside it with one login.
Microsoft Global Training Partner and ISV.
CAPS™ (Certified AI Project Strategist): our own certification for people leading AI projects.
Authorized AI CERTs partner, with AI CERTs certified instructors.
AI Readiness (AIR™) and Resilience Readiness Index (RRI™) assessments to set a baseline before training starts.
AI cost and ROI: budgeting, forecasting and measuring what AI really costs. Laurie presented this to mid-market IT leaders at LogicON 2026.
Train the trainer for colleges and training providers that want to run AI programs with their own staff.
Public sector experience: approved vocational training provider for Suffolk County, NY, and registering as a Mecklenburg County vendor.
Monthly AI training series with the Charlotte Area Chamber of Commerce.
Resilience and psychological safety for tech teams, including keynotes for a neurodivergent employee resource group at a global software company.
Tech career pathways with our nonprofit partner We Connect The Dots, through its Upskill pre-apprenticeship and USA Hack-A-Thon.
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Contacts
Laurie Carey
Founder, CEO & Chief AI Officer